COMPARISON OF LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY, HAZARD AND RISK STUDIES BETWEEN TURKEY AND EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

Increasing economic, sociological, environmental and physical resilience around the world have significantly increased the loss of life and property resulting from disasters in recent years. Geographical structure, climatic and geological characteristics due to frequent exposure to disasters, especially earthquakes in Turkey, landslides and floods are causing a significant amount of loss of life and property. The estimation of the extent of damages caused by landslides with destructive effects to a lesser extent makes it necessary to carry out detailed studies on landslides. In this study, it was aimed at comparing the scientific landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk studies related to Turkey and the European Union countries. According to the landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk literature surveys, a total of 714 studies published in international journals by researchers in the European Union member countries and Turkey, have been examined. When these studies are examined, it was seen that most of the studies were performed about the landslide susceptibility concept. A total of 335 landslide susceptibility, 164 landslide hazard and 122 landslide risk studies have been reached by the researchers in EU member countries, while 85 landslide susceptibility, 3 landslide hazard and 5 landslide risk studies have been conducted by researchers in Turkey. When studies on the landslide susceptibility are compared, 107 studies made by researchers in Italy, in terms of the total number of works, are in the first place. 85 studies performed by Turkish scientists, received 5344 citations, are in the first place in terms of total number of citations and are in the second place in terms of the total number of studies. Compared with the European Union countries, landslide susceptibility studies conducted in Turkey holding an important place in this area, but, few studies on landslide hazard and risk show that the need for more work in landslide hazard and risk studies